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SHE'S A WITCH
PSYCHO
STRYCHNINE
MARLENE

All by The Sonics, a Seattle group who more-or-less invented "Garage Rock", as they actually practiced-recorded in a garage.

Musta been how THE CARS started....

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE...Gov. Jimmy Davis, 1927, its instrumental was FOX-TROT,but there's no denying it was a country hit...re-released 1942....Davis really WAS Gov. of Louisiana, 1944-48, again,1960-64. He died in 2000, age 101. (Davis also had several other country hits, including THERE'S A NEW MOON...

IT'S ALL IN THE GAME...Tommy Edwards, 1958

Melody, 1912, Charles Dawes, lyrics, 1951, Carl Sigman

Recorded many times, but only Edwards had a "monster" with it.

Mr. Lee-The Bobbettes-1957-#6 M & L----Heather Dixon,Helen Gathers,Emma Ruth Pought,Laura Webb and Jannie Pought Most R & B rockabilly came from the south but from P.S. 109 in New York City came the Bobbetts,five girls aged 12 to 14 who made a splash with a squealing piece of nonsense about...

In more modern times, Ringo was the "conductor" on Thomas The tank Engine.

I LIKE IT LIKE THAT...Chris Kenner, 1961...Was a MONSTER hit in this area, stayed #1 on WKEE-AM 6 weeks HEY JUDE...Beatles, 1968...Claimed by some to be the best-selling Beatles' single of all, it's actually in second place behind "I want To Hold Your Hand". Both were monsters in the Tri-state area....

noreply66 wrote:Earth Angel-The Penguins-1955-#8

M & L--Jesse Belvin

Backed only by a piano on what was intended as a demo,the Penguins materialized out of Los Angeles with the ethereal Earth Angel

The Crew Cuts also had a version, but it didn't do as well as that of the Penguins.

More of 1958, from my music downloads: YOU CHEATED, YOU LIED...The Shields ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART...The Coasters...Flip side of YAKETY-YAK...a cover of an old song, but I LIKE IT! RAMA LAMA DING DONG...The Edsels..The RECORD sold better than the CAR! Several hits by THE PARAGONS, THE FIVE...

OH YOU

The Chalons, 1958

The Chalons were a typical black doo-wop group of the time. I cannot find out more about them. However, I really like that song!

BOP-A-LENA

Ronnie Self, 1958...peaked at # 68, Billboard

Self wrote "I'm Sorry' for Brenda Lee.

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU

Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 1956

Surfin' Bird...The Trashmen...This group had the misfortune to hit it just before the British Invasion landed, 1964. Local hitzz: WHOLE LOTTA LOVIN...Explosive Dynamiks, '64or'65 I'LL GET YOU YET...Parliaments (Later Funkadelic) I JUST WANNA TESTIFY...See above WON'T YOU LET ME BE YOUR BABY/THERE MU...